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***According to CNN Exit Polls in 2000, John McCain rated highest among South Carolina Republicans for character and trustworthiness. What sunk McCain was the issues. His big issue was Campaign Finance Reform, which nobody wanted. Bush's big issue was Tax Cuts, which everyone wanted.***

I have yet to find anyone who can tell me how CFR has personally affected them (still waiting)

***There is absolutely zero evidence that any alleged whisper campaign against McCain had any impact on the results in South Carolina in 2000. Maybe some yahoos went to Kinkos and made some flyers, but McCain lost that election because nobody cared about his big issue.***

I happen to have relatives in SC--they got daily telephone calls in 2000 (the typical kooks dogging him today--i.e. "did you know that John McCain committed treason against his country and his fellow POWs..." "John and Cindy McCain have adopted mulatto child, are you aware that she could be from from a past affair that admitted adulterer John McCain was involved in after he returned from captivity?" etc., etc.

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I happen to have relatives in SC--they got daily telephone calls in 2000

Maybe, but there's no evidence from the exit polls that these had any effect. John McCain got higher marks for character than any other candidate. No Republicans cared for his pet issue, then or now.